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The 2013 edition of the Almanac looks at the historic monthly performance of the FTSE 350 sectors. Here we look at the Household Goods sector.

The following chart plots the average out-performance of the FTSE 350 Household Goods sector over the FTSE 100 Index by month since 2006. For example, since 2006 on average the Household Goods sector has out-performed the FTSE 100 Index by 2.0 percentage points in February.

Observations:

The strongest months have been February and August – the sector has under-performed the market only twice in february since 2006.

The weakest months have been April and October – the sector has out-performed the market only twice in April in the last seven years.